Number card and holder for telephones



May 25-, 1926. 1,586,180

R. B. CROSBY NUMBER CARD AND HOLDER FOR TELEPHONES Filed Sept; so, 1925 I 'DR'IPILLMAKER IN VEN TOR,

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Patented May 25, 1926.

UNITED ST'lE RAYMOND B. CROSBY, OF HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA.

NUMBER CARD AND HOLDER FOR TELEPHON ES.

Application filed September My invention relates to telephone attachments and more particularly to a number card and holder designed to be attached to a transmitter in a telephone set.

As is well known, there are certain telephone numbers, such as fire department and police department telephone numbers, which are often required in haste and under more or less exciting circumstances, and which it is desirable to have in a conspicuous place readily accessible to any person who may wish to call them.

The primary object of my invention is to provide a number-card and holder in the form of a disc which may be attached to the face of a telephone transmitter so that the numbers thereon are always in plain View.

Another object is to provide a numbercard and holder of the character described which is simple and inexpensive in construc tion, which is durable and which is easily kept clean and sanitary.

Other objects and advantages will appear hereinafter and while I disclose herein a preferred form of construction I desire to be understood that I do not limit my inven tion to such preferred form, but that various changes and adaptations may be made therein Without departing from the spirit of my invention as hereinafter claimed.

The preferred form of my invention is illustrated in the annexed drawings which compose a part of this specification and in which, i

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary View in perspective of a desk telephone set showing the position of my number-card and holder on a transmitter.

Fig.2 is a plan view of my number-card and holder with sample numbers indicated thereon.

Fig. 3 is an edge view of the card and holder shown in Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged edge view of the card and holder, part of which is broken away to show the construction.

Referring in detail to the drawings, it will be seen that the device is composed of an inner disc 10 of sheet metal, an outer disc 11 of thin celluloid or other transparent material and an intermediate disc 12 of paper, thin card-board or like material, all

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of which have coinciding central apertures 13 in which a short metal .sleeve is inserted and its ends spun over the aperture margins of the discs so that it forms a clamping ring let which holds them together.

The clamping ring is of such a' diameter that the screw end of a transmitter mouthpiece passes freely through it. The metal disc 10 is slightly cupped and it has an inwardly curved marginal flange 15 adapted to slip over the face of a telephone transmitter. 7

serves as the number-card, is made to conform closely to the outer surface of the inner disc 10 and the outer or covering-disc 11, is made to fit over the other two with its margin 16 folded inside of flange 15 as shown in Fig. 4E.

T he face of the number-card may be divided into sections by radial lines 17 in which any desired numbers or memoranda may be written or printed, and its margin 18 may be blackened or colored to match the finish of the telephone set.

The number-card and holder readily may be applied to a telephone transmitter 19, as illustrated in Fig. 1, by unscrewing the mouthpiece 20, slipping the holder over the transmitter face and replacing the mouthpiece. he shoulder 21 of the mouth-piece will then engage clamping-ring 14 and hold the number-card and holder securely in place.

The intermediate disc 12, which Having thus illustrated and described my invention, I claim:

' A number-card and holder, for use with a telephone set, comprising a slightly cupped metal disc with an inwardly curved flange adapted to slip over the face of a telephone transmitter, a disc-shaped number-card in contact with the convex face of said metal disc and a transparent celluloid coveringdisc fitting over said metal disc and discshaped number card, said metal disc, discshaped number-card and covering-disc having coinciding central apertures, and a metal clamping-ring fixed in said apertures so as to hold said metal disc, disc-shaped card and covering-disc in clamped relation to each other, said clamping-ring being adapted to receive the threaded end of a transmitter mouth-piece.

RAYMOND B. CROSBY. 

